Water Curses Chords & Tabs
when it has -|- that means bridge the 1st fret
Intro:
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Verse:
Two days, a motion actor. Two broken strings, attracted.
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To groom myself in life and doom. Hesitate to throw a coin in,
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A wish could be a bad thing. My mouth is just a mush of drool.
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Standing on a bridge I wink at you from up high
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A talking fish comes as she moves
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I want to be like water and never need a docter
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And carve the earth without my tools
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Chorus:
All the things I relate to well, like authors and painters
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transparent paper wings that float above me whille I sleep
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to make the room more natural
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so we could die in it, die in it die
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Then play the verse again.
"The color after sunset, you'll do anything to jinx it. It'll crush your sculpture like
willow. He doesn't need a house, his shoes will walk for milles. There's a gypsies face
on my pill. I want to be like water and slip into your throat and make you feel alive
good. I want to be like water and never have a doubt and reflect what is around my pool."
Then play the chorus again.
"All the things I relate to like authors and painters. Transparent paper wings that
above me whille I sleep. To make the room more natural, so we could die in it, die in
die."
For the next part, go back and forth between ------ and -|----| (c and c#)if
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you listen closely, you'll get the feeling for it.
"I don't think you know just what you're doing. You pretend to know exactly all the
you keep on moving. And I don't think I know exactly what I'm doing. But I tend to know all
things you keep on moving."
When you wake up from your snoozin'
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I'll tell you how to do it my way
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I'll tell you what I'm doin'.
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Raising a knife up in my drum
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Anybody's dog is barking
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And I can't find a way to stop it
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And it's all about the days you spend
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Without me at our home
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Then repeat the last few parts. The more you look at it, the more you'll get it.
